Saurashtra’s Batter Sheldon Jackson made Ranji Trophy’s 100th match even more special with the joy of his name in record books at the continuing group stage against Assam on the day of starting at the Saurashtra Cricket Association in Rajkot on Thursday (January 30) .
Sheldon Jackson made the story, making the highest six hitter in the Ranji trophy during Saurashtra’s final match with Assam. The 38 -year -old veteran achieved this landmark with the record six by Assam Pacer Rahul Singh over Cow Corner.
Sheldon Jackson becomes higher six hitter in Ranji Trophy’s story
With this maximum, Jackson surpassed the former Indian Wicker Wicketer Naman ojha‘s tally of 143 six. He came to the bat in the third number in the must-win game for Saurashtra and went to score 48 runs from 86 balls before he was rejected by Riyan Parag.
Jackson struck five limits and one six during the hit against Assam at the ongoing Ranji Trophy 2024-25 conflict in Rajkot. With this hit, the right hand was also the third highest Saurashtra graduate with over 6600 runs in his name in Trophy Ranji. They are now only back Cheteshwar Pujara And sitanshu kotak.
Jackson is also the second highest century -century manufacturer for Saurashtra in first -class cricket, with 19 tonnes in his name. Now it is behind only 25 centuries of Pujara for the team. With his latest milestone, Sheldon Jackson joined an elite club with just six strokes that have hit over 100 six in Ranji Trophy’s story.
Sheldon Jackson joins an elite list of domestic stars
Manish PandeyParas Dograra, Saurabh Tiwary and Yusuf Pathan are the other members of this exclusive directory that have more than 100 six in Trophy Ranji. Since he made the first division debut in the 2011-12 season, Jackson has gathered over 7000 runs.
Well, Jackson scored 238 runs in seven entries, including two half centuries, in the first five rounds of the ongoing Ranji Trophy 2024-25. Earlier this month, Jackson retired from the domestic cricket white ball after 19 years.
He has played 86 Catalogs A and 85 T20 matches and has garnered 2792 runs and 1812 runs, respectively. Unfortunately, Wicketkeeper-batter never has the opportunity to play for India. However, Jackson played nine matches for the KKR and scored 72 runs on the IPL.
Can Jackson help Saurashtra pick up Trophy Ranji for the third time?
Specifically, Jackson played a key role in Saurashtra’s first Ranji Trophy victory in the 2019-20 season. He was the team’s top scorer with 809 runs on an impressive average of over 50 years, including three centuries in his name.
In the era 2022-23, he continued his brilliant form, marking 588 as Saurashtra claimed their second title. His 160-year-olds in the semifinals against Karnataka was an important highlight of last season.
Saurashtra is currently in the third point in Group D’s points table with 18 routes from 6 games and now have to beat Assam in the last match of the team to reach the next round, as Tamil Nadu has already secured their qualifications from this team with 25 points.
2025-01-30 21:06:00
